A new audit standard validates IT-specific controls for cloud service providers

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	A new audit standard validates IT-specific controls for cloud service providers Risk mitigation is one thing when you own all the resources, but when you start moving data and applications into the cloud, it's doubly important to understand what the service provider is doing to protect your assets. Now there is a new audit standard and certification for reporting on controls for data centers and service providers in the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetGear 802.11n – The Next Generation in Wireless Technology The enhancements brought by 802.11n deliver many benefits. This primer dives deep into the improvements discussing how MIMO technology increases coverage area and reduces dead spots, what you can expect from increased channel size & higher modulation rates , and how frame aggregation reduces MAC overhead. Learn More! In this Issue Managing information security during an innovation void U.S. CIO Unveils Mobile Strategy for Federal Government Cloud SWAT teams RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective IT's Role in a Better Customer Experience Capital One Auto Finance is investing $40 million this year to create a better customer experience, with IT playing a central role. Their CIO Don Goin will discuss why IT and data are everything in this fiercely competitive business at CIO Perspectives Dallas, February 16th! Click to continue WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Integrate iPads with Ease Enterprise adoption of the iPad is growing at a rapid rate. Learn how to address the top five WLAN challenges of a high-density iPad deployment and see lab test results that demonstrate how to deliver scalable performance for all Wi-Fi clients, strong security, permit cross-IP mobility with ease, and conserve iPad battery life. Read now! Managing information security during an innovation void Although predictions for the coming year are a staple of the season, I will do more than offer an educated guess. I am going on the record with a guarantee: In 2012 we will see an increase in network intrusions from disparate parties trying to create IT infrastructure chaos for a variety of reasons primarily political, financial and economic. An easy prediction perhaps given the trend and yet while I fully trust CSOs and CISOs and security teams are doing all they can to prevent breaches; I am deeply concerned that they still lack the technology to adequately protect IT infrastructure from malicious attacks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! U.S. CIO Unveils Mobile Strategy for Federal Government Obama administration tech chief Steven VanRoekel looks to narrow mobile gap between feds and private sector, also cites consumerization of IT and the migration to the cloud as key areas. Read More Cloud SWAT teams Cloud computing poses unique security challenges. Here's how cloud-specific 'security incident-response teams' could help governments and large enterprises respond to malicious activity and make the cloud more trustworthy. Insider (registration required) Read More
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